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George Smith Patton Jr. was born on 11 November 1885, [1] [2] in the Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, to George Smith Patton Sr. and his wife, Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson, the second mayor of Los Angeles, and Margaret Hereford, a widow from Virginia. [3]
Jean Gordon (February 4, 1915 – January 8, 1946) was an American socialite and a Red Cross worker during World War II.A niece by marriage of General George S. Patton, some writers claim she had a long affair with Patton, [2] allegedly beginning years before the war [3] and continuing behind the front lines of wartime Europe. [4]
Colonel George S. Patton Sr. (June 26, 1833 – September 25, 1864) was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. He was the grandfather of World War II General George S. Patton . George Patton was also the great-grandfather of Major General George Patton IV , who died in 2004.
Willie was sent to live with Patton's family as the beloved dog of a fallen warrior. [13] He died in 1955, outliving both Patton and his wife. He is buried in an unmarked grave by a stone wall on Patton's property, which is still owned by the Patton family. [14] [4] In 1970, Willie was portrayed in several scenes in Patton's biographical movie ...
When and If was commissioned after the Arcturus, with Patton and his wife Beatrice aboard, was badly damaged in a storm while en route to San Diego.Patton was hospitalized as a result, and while there, Beatrice contacted John Alden, the "world's most celebrated marine architect" at the time, to recruit him to design a new yacht along with Patton in the hopes of cheering him up.
In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.” — George S. Patton. 24. "Never was so much owed by so many to so few ...
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Her son George S. Patton II (1856–1927) became a prominent lawyer and married into the wealthy family of Benjamin Davis Wilson (see also George S. Patton, Jr.). Her daughter Eleanor Thornton Patton (1857–1937) married Los Angeles lawyer Thomas Bruen Brown in 1879. In 1870, Susan married Colonel George H. Smith. He was a first cousin of her ...